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Preparations in 'final stages' for N. Korea nuclear test: report 17 Apr 2016 - 10:03 am

File picture of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as he speaks during a ceremony to award party and state commendations to nuclear...

Powerful earthquake kills 77 in Ecuador 17 Apr 2016 - 09:49 am

People stand next to the debris of a building after an earthquake struck off the Pacific coast, in Manta,Ecuador, April 16, 2016. REUTERS/Paul...

Five police injured in bomb explosion near Aden airport 17 Apr 2016 - 09:42 am

ADEN: At least five Yemeni policemen were injured on Sunday when they foiled a suicide car bomb attack on the airport in the...

Hollywood mogul blasts Obama, Google over piracy 17 Apr 2016 - 09:32 am

Producer Avi Lerner attends A Gala To Honor Avi Lerner And Millennium Films in Beverly Hills, California, on April 16, 2016. AFP /...

Kuwaiti oil and gas workers begin strike 17 Apr 2016 - 09:24 am

A general view taken on April 16, 2016 shows the Shuaiba oil refinery south of Kuwait City. AFP/YASSER AL-ZAYYAT KUWAIT: Kuwaiti oil and...

Afghan child casualties soar as urban warfare intensifies - UN 17 Apr 2016 - 09:03 am

File picture of an Afghan woman wearing a burqa holds her child as she walks along a street on the outskirts of Kabul....

Brazil impeachment pits hardscrabble duo against backroom foes 17 Apr 2016 - 08:37 am

Two children wearing Brazilian flags in front of a barricade near the Esplanada dos ministerios 'Eixo Monumental' (Monumental Axis) in Brazil. EPA/FERNANDO BIZERRA...

Dozens killed in Ecuador earthquake 17 Apr 2016 - 08:34 am

People stand next to the debris of a building after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the country's northwest Pacific coast causing "considerable...

Myanmar president pardons at least 63 political prisoners: watchdog group 17 Apr 2016 - 08:24 am

File picture of Myanmar President Htin Kyaw. Reuters Yangon: Myanmar President Htin Kyaw pardoned at least 63 political prisoners on the country's traditional...

Hollande pledges aid to Lebanon at start of Mideast tour 17 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

French President Francois Hollande (L) shakes hands with Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam (R) during a joint press conference after their meeting at...

Fire at chemical plant in Saudi Arabia kills 12, injures 11 17 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia's state-run news agency says a fire at a chemical plant in the kingdom's east has killed 12 people...

Pope: Sanders encounter sign of good manners, 'nothing more' 17 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders and wife Jane, waves after speaking with media and supporters during his visit to the Vatican ,...

Raul Castro rejects privatization, 'shock therapy' for Cuba 17 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Handout picture of Cuban official website www.cubadebate.cu, showing President Raul Castro giving a speech during the opening of VII Congress of Cuban Communist...

Tens of thousands in London march against PM, austerity 17 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Demonstrators hold placards during an anti-austerity protest in London, Britain April 16, 2016. REUTERS/Neil Hall London: Tens of thousands of people marched through...

Islamic State captures several villages from Syrian troops in Aleppo 16 Apr 2016 - 06:30 pm

BEIRUT: The Islamic State group has captured more than a dozen villages and hills during a fresh offensive in northern Syria, opposition activists...

43 Palestinian journalists in Israeli jails since october 16 Apr 2016 - 06:15 pm

Gaza: The Committee to Support Palestinian Journalists said on Saturday that Israel has detained 43 journalists in the occupied Palestinian territory since October...

British police arrest teenage terror suspect at Manchester airport 16 Apr 2016 - 04:56 pm

London police AFP Photo Leon Neal British police arrested an 18-year-old man at Manchester airport on Saturday on suspicion of terrorism offences related...